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Bento

A bento (弁当, bentō) is a single-portion take-out or home-packed meal of Japanese origin, often for lunch, typically including rice and packaged in a box with a lid (often a segmented box with different parts of the meal placed in different sections).

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Bento

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related to Terminology, Etymology · 17
Bento → Azuchi, Chinese, During, Heian, Hoshi-ii, In, In Japan, In The Tales, Ise, It, Japan, Kojiki, Momoyama, Nihon Shoki, Oda Nobunaga, The, Thinking
related to By ingredients · 16
Bento → Formally, Gunma Prefecture, Hinomaru, Hotto Motto, It, Japan, Japan’s, Karaage, Nori, Noriben, Pure Hinomaru, Sake, The, The Karaage, The Nori, Tori
related to By origin · 15
Bento → Ekiben, European-style, Freshly, Hokaben, Hokka Hokka Tei, It, Japanese, JapanTōge, Motto, Oekakiben, Shidashi, Soraben, The, There, This
related to Scholarship · 13
Bento → By, Chie Nakane, He, In, Japan, Japanese, Japanese-style, Joseph Jay Tobin, Many, Roland Barthes, The, Western, Yi
related to By style or container · 11
Bento → After, IBM's ThinkPad, Insults, It, Kamameshi, Kyaraben, Makunouchi, Nagano Prefecture, Shikaeshiben, Shōkadō, Wappameshi
related to history · 11
Bento → By, Edo, Hinamatsuri, In, Kamakura, Noh, Numerous, One, The, Travelers, Viewers
related to Taiwan · 11
Bento → Hakka, It, Japanese, NTD, Taiwan, Taiwan Railway Bento, Taiwan Railway Corporation, Taiwanese, The, The Japanese, USD
related to Singapore · 9
Bento → In, In Singapore, It, Japan, Japanese, Japanese-style, Singapore Food Tech Event, Singaporean, These
related to Culture · 8
Bento → Because, For, However, In Japan, It, Shinkansen, The, This
related to External links · 2
Bento → Flickr, Photos

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japan japanese often rice used box food also bentō lunch meal taiwan made cooked called meals boxes school different ekiben

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Bentois awell known bento dish manufactured and distributed by the Taiwan Railway Corporation at major railway stations and in train cars0.90text
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plantsinstance ofor items0.80text
in Taiwaninstance ofContests are often held where bento arrangers compete for the most aesthetically attractive arrangements.There are comparable forms of boxed lunches in other Asian countries0.80text
Koreainstance ofContests are often held where bento arrangers compete for the most aesthetically attractive arrangements.There are comparable forms of boxed lunches in other Asian countries0.80text
and other Sinophone communitiesinstance ofContests are often held where bento arrangers compete for the most aesthetically attractive arrangements.There are comparable forms of boxed lunches in other Asian countries0.80text
known as piān-tong in Taiwanese Hokkieninstance ofContests are often held where bento arrangers compete for the most aesthetically attractive arrangements.There are comparable forms of boxed lunches in other Asian countries0.80text
in Korea as dosirakinstance ofContests are often held where bento arrangers compete for the most aesthetically attractive arrangements.There are comparable forms of boxed lunches in other Asian countries0.80text
héfàninstance ofContests are often held where bento arrangers compete for the most aesthetically attractive arrangements.There are comparable forms of boxed lunches in other Asian countries0.80text
the Kojikiinstance ofThe practice of carrying food and eating it outside the home can be found in historical texts0.80text
Shanghaineseinstance ofthis sense is still used in Wu dialects0.80text
Sulhee Jessica Woo have attracted millions of followers by sharing elaborately themed bento box lunchesinstance ofwhere creators0.80text

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